Animal-feeder.



''LYKAMADA :L T. ISHEZUKA.

ANIMAL FEEDER. APPLICATION FVILED MM 16', 1916.

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ANIMAL FEEDER. APPLICATION FILED III/IY I6. I9I6. I

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H. ,KANADA .1 T. ISHIZUKA.

f ANIMAL-FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAY 16. I9I.

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el inminente and. iiate ef Celilli 5 is n frajinenziry secienal. View en l'ne 5-5 oit Fig. 3; @is e, perspeclernin, ,inve invented new and useful. lin i 1 preminente 1n Aninieliieeders, ei' 'which hre View ei :i keeper used upon the feeder; ig. i is e detailed seeionai View threugh the ieilowing is specification.

The invention relates te eeders, and more *Jl e forward pei-tien ef the feeder. 6.5 pnrtieniariy ie the dass er in'ie eentrel ani- Referring m the drawings in i'leibzzil, A anni feeders. designates :i container which is ef substan- Tiie primary objee el 'ne invention is ne tially box-Like ferm @nel may be of any cen previsien ef n 'e oi this Character pacity te lielrl im); or other feed steli' 'ier wherein seel, seen es horses, Cattle the stock, having a hinged be'ern wiiieli 7G e, vbe ed et predetermined interwfis, serves :is dren deer for elie eentziiner te the steek feed being automatically een" pei-mii;Y the discharge ef the cenl'ents thereof, mailed for lie eielivery ef the saine inte 'the 'ne bottoni being provided with i rer'eeiiing trough or renggiis for lie animals ibiculatefl eenier er panel C iniiiie "from any et a given period erperiefls ei'r'time,ne1i:eb},' suitable r ezeriul, @nel ':nis container A is 75 ebviei'L-ing the necessity ei marinai iziber Eer adapted te be nr-iinfee'i :ibeve the "feed lie inconvenience and early rising ofen atie be ileiivered ie lire e this pnrpeee, 'reiigli for 'lie snei er wilieuian Aneinlier eejee if the invention is the preinciennre.

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liezeei are grain clnies ii, 80

i a Linie eieel ei' any approved eine Wiii niiiiosiie erfs t seri/e te automatically operate ne seid. eeen lening peeing feeder for the delivery of feed. to steek ilirmigli the ends, :is ai; il, im lie riiegiven period, thereby enabling the efiriy e'narge of grain 'mee ie feed rniigli fer die morning feeding of the steel; Wi'heut per sefk, and i'liese chiites LQ remi ifroni any sonni manual eitentien, ibiiereby eliminating siiiabie pein' ef supply for holding; elle 5 1d roiiggli for ienffint' as usual Jer -liis piirpese, the eefler l'ie steek.

being designed partieiierly for use in erm- .Above ilie container eentreiij-,f heren-if ing districts, .ffili'ciieugn the is not reis arrungei, :i cioel raising i2 inning inte strieed te Such use, Wili be ewieus, rierll Zlieree my 'eiiitaeie Clock werks il?) 9i? EL i" rtiie'r object of the invention 1S fue incinding 2@he alarm werke M, and these provision ef e feeder ofthis character which werks are spring; driven as usuel, 'die eieck is noire?. in censtrnc'tien te assure the auowerks being sei; by 'nenel und iilewise the mairie eeingj of steek precleterininec'i alarm Werks i4 are by nenni, as usiizii. fiele, @n die arbor l5 er iie :iiiirin werks 141i with 95 A s'siil nrl'eiier eiiiee; ef ne invention in -lie cinclr en nn' 'l2 is iefi n "neveiefi s n, t tine previenen 0E 'eeeler this character pinion 'i6 with which e companion winch sirnnle in, eoneiiuetien tlieron'iiv beveieci minion li. iaer iieine' secured be 1. 7 C u L I, 1l :cen-tures of consumer/ien, cembmaien of ele "which are fixed te the from Willi of the seni. e0

reiiebie and 'efficient in operntien, siong', upper end of e verticni shei'i'; i8 which durable and inexpensive in. inenu'fiieuie and is protrude. Wif'anin the clock easing 'i3 :m supported in bearings-1 9 which ere ine inther eiojecis Wiil be in 'part ebviens and ernry 0f the said casing 'as shown. in hereinafter sei; forth. The shaft 18 is arranged 'forwardly of ehe The invention-acceisdingy censisi's in the front ef the container A in bearings 2O mente anni arrangements o paris which will. container, and this sim is ineese within be exempliiec in ehe construe-tien e suitubie housing 21 meunted upon seid after escriieel., enel; the scope oi igiie applironi; wail of the container.

cation of which Wili 'be hereinafter definef Fixed te the enter lince of' elle boteri in the appended claims. nia the ont edge thereof, Central iy o'r julie n ille accompanying rrnwings: Figure 1 seme, is :i neen-like keeper 22, the noon mil is e, front elevatien of feeder censtrueieci 23 of which 'normally engages e. segment '24 formed at the lower end oi the shaft 18, and in this manner the bottom B is retained in closed position. `When the clock mechanism is active and the. alarm works 14 is set for a predetermined period of `time the arbor 15, at the given time, rotates and simiiar movement is imparted to the shaft 18 which turns the segment 24, releasing the keeper so that the bottom 15 swings to open position, thereby discharging the con* tents of the container A. into the feed trough of the stock. The bottom B aie-ter the discharge of the contents of the container A is swung to closed position and the keeper 22 again engaged with the segment 2e.

The easing 12 of the clock is secured to brackets 25 which are fastened to the top oi' the container A and in this manner the said clock casing 12 is permanently and s'ecurely mounted in place upon said container.

Secured to opposite ends of the bottom B are L-shaped plates 26, the vertical portions of which form shutters or gates 2T for closing the open ends 11 oi the chutes 10 until the bottom B has dropped to open position, whence the said open ends 1l` will be uncovered and the grain Wili be deiivered from the chutes 10 vinto the trough for the feeding of the stock.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection -With the accompanying drawing,

Leieie .the construction and operation of the herein described feeder will be readily apparent and, therefore, a more extended explanation dias been omitted.

Having thus described our invetmon, We

ling engagement with the 'keeper and supported b the container, means for actuating the sha, chutes located interiorly of the container and opening through the ends thereof and gates on the door for normally closing the ends of the chutes.

2. A feeder comprising a container, a door hinged thereto, a keeper on said door, a shaft journaled upon the container and having a segment for locking engagement with the keeper, means for actuating the shaft, chutes-located interiorlyv of the container and opening through the ends thereof, gates onthe door for normally closing the ends 'of the chutes, and a housing containing the shaft and supported by the container.

n testimony Whereoil we aliix our signatures.

Y HARUMCHI KAMADA.

TOHORU ISHZUKA. lWitnessed b M. B. ionom,

J. MIYA GAWA. 

